<p>Bi-racial (white+asian) male living in CA
SAT/ACT: 2140. 35
SAT 2: 800(Math 2c) 750(Biology) 780(US History) 790(Chemistry)
GPA: 3.90 unweighted (IB Student)
AP: 5 on US Hist, Calc AB, Chem, Euro Hist, Biology, 4 on German. Will take Gov and Spanish this year. Probably 5 on Gov but 4 on Span.
IB: 6 on Chem, 6 on Math SL
RANK: between 50-60 out of 770 or so
EC'S:
Key Club
Divisional Secretary, Cabinet, Major Emphasis Chair, Regional Concert Committee Chair
Tennis
3 years of tennis (2 JV, 1 Varsity),
Solar Car
Last year Captain of Mechanical for Walnut Solar Car (Won third place at Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge, 3rd in our division and 7th overall),This year overall Captain
NHS
Sophomore Representative and Parliamentarian for National Honor Society.
Mentoring Opportunities for Reading Enrichment- we basically go to the local elementary school and mentor reading. 4 years. Social Chair.
Future Scientists and Engineers of America
Secretary
FBLA 2 years
Tzu Chi (Tzu Shao) member for 4 years. Imagine an asian Red Cross.</p>
<p>3 BIGGEST AWARDS: Tennis (Most improved player, best doubles player), Certificate of Recognition from California Legislature for Solar Car, 6th place FBLA regionals for Tech Concepts.</p>
<p>ANY HOOK: Quadlingual? (Chinese, german, english, spanish), IB Program a good HS(3rd best IB school in CA), </p>
<p>Engineering Major ( plan to double major in CompE and Bioengineering)</p>
<p>Schools:
Cornell
Columbia
UPenn
Northwestern
Johns Hopkins
University of Chicago (Deferred)
Rice</p>
<p>All typed while eating left over Christmas chocolate. Tasty....</p>
<p>I would just send the ACT if I were you, it’s much more impressive than your SAT score.</p>
<p>I’d say you’re in everywhere except Columbia and UPenn. But those are low-middleish reaches for you, and I think that you have a very good shot at getting in. GL!</p>
<p>Agreed fuzzyfirebunny. But what about the SAT IIs? So should I not self-report the SAT I scores but still report the SAT IIs and still send them the entire score report?</p>
<p>You have very good stats! I got a 6 on Maths SL too
I think that for you Penn and Columbia would be your reaches. Penn is highly known for its Bioengineering… Add Cornell because they are the Engineering giant in the Ivy League- so many kids apply. </p>
<p>Also, UChicago doesnt have an Engineering program… I would submit all of your scores because the whole score choice thing is dicey.</p>
<p>Either way, you have a great shot just about anywhere. Good Luck! </p>
<p>Send your ACT scores instead of your SAT I… it is A LOT stronger than your SAT I score (which is still very good, just that ACT a lot better. Guess you know which you test better in.)</p>
<p>Cornell- match
Columbia- reach
UPenn-reach
Northwestern-match
Johns Hopkins-match
University of Chicago (Deferred)- (what kind of essays did you write? UoC puts a lot of weight on those)</p>
<p>you have a good chance overall… however, as you are applying to some very selective schools, be prepared to write some killer essays. But the quadlingual thing has got to help =D</p>
<p>i’d say you have a good chance at all those schools. I agree with one of the previous posts about sending your ACT score, it looks a lot better.</p>
<p>i’d say match for all except for upenn and columbia which are reaches</p>
<p>Cornell - high match
Columbia - reach
UPenn - reach
Northwestern - high match
Johns Hopkins - match
University of Chicago (Deferred) - match
Rice - match</p>
<p>Haha you were right in that we’re very similar!! I’m doing the 217 Penn essay too!! (and procrastinating on it by being here) I agree with everyone that you should just send your ACT. It’s very impressive. Also, PM me if you want to exchange 217 essays and we can edit each other’s. Not too sure if mine makes much sense :P</p>
<p>3.9 unweighted in IB is pretty impressive. I’m not so sure about the other schools but UofC and Rice would definitely be matches. Engineering major! I admire your courage :)</p>
<p>^well, being multilingual can be helpful, however, you never detailed the level of knowledge in each of these languages - elementary, basic, intermediate, upper intermediate, advanced, very advanced, fluent etc…</p>
<p>Your IB scores are not really sth to be proud of. Being a full IB student I’ve known many students with 7 HL Phys, 7 HL Chem and 7 HL Math who didn’t get in the schools you mentioned. I myself have 7 HL Phys 7 HL Chem and 6 HL Math and I’m not even considering these schools for engineering. Also, SL Math is hardly enough for engineering. Of course these apply to international students so I’m not sure about your case. Quadlingualism helped me too btw. Sorry for the slightly irrelevant post.</p>
GL!</p>